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IVIOWING-MACHINE.

SPECIFXCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,621, dated July 20,189'?. Application filed April 21, 1890. Serial No. 348,903. (No modnlTo @ZZ whom, t may concern.

Be it known that l, J AMES PINE, of the village of- Lansingburg, countyof Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Mowing-Machilies, of which the following is aspecification.

Accompanying this specification, to form a part ot' it, there are eightplates of drawings, containing twenty-six figures illustrating myinvention, with the same designation of parts by letter reference usedin all of them.

Of the illustrations, Figure 1 is afront view perspective of amowing-machine containing` my improvements with the outer end of thetongue shown as broken ott'. Fig. 2 is another perspective of the samemachine with the front and one side thereof facing the view, with theouter end of the tongue shown as broken oil?. Fig. 3 is a rear elevationof the same machine. Fig. -1 is a side elevation of the swath-board andits tracking-wheel. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the improvedmowing-machine illustrated in the other figures, but shown w' h one ofthe main wheels removed and the cut ter-har, sickle, and main axle shownin section. Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevation of the slice andconnected parts illustrated in the same position as shown at Fig. 5.Fig. 7 is a rear view of the partsshown at Fig. (5. Fig. S is anelevation ot' the parts shown at Fig. 7, taken so as to bring' what istheir inside face when in position at the front in this illustration.Fig. 9 is a vertical section taken through the wheels, axle-sleeve,axle, interior gear, ratchets, pawl-holders, pawleshippers, pitman-driving shaft, and inclosure containing the latter. Fig. 10 is a horizontalsection of the parts shown in vertical section at Fig. 9, with the coverinclosing the gears operating the pitman crank-shaft removed and withthe inclosure containing the interior gear and connected pawl-holderillustrated in section and showing in a top view the pinion receivingpower from theinterior gear, also the beveled gear on the saidpinion-shaft operatinga beveled pinion-gear on the pitmancrankshaft-,together with a top view of the inclosure containingthepitman crank-shaft. Fig. 1l is a section taken on the line ir as ofFig. 10. Fig. 1; is a top view of the axle-sleeve and the leveroperating the pawls, also showing a part of the tongue-seat and a partof the support on which the d ri vers seat rests. Fig. 13 shows aperspective of one of the ratchets, there being one connected with eachwheel oppositely facing each other and made alike in construction. Fig.14: is a perspective of one of the pawl-holders, of which there is oneat each end of the axle facing oppositely and made alike, excepting thatthe pawl-holder adjacent to the interior gear is made integrally withthe latter. Fig. 15 is a view of the inner faces of the pawl-holders.Fig. 1G is a perspective of one of the pawl-shippers, of which there isone for each of the pawl-hold` ers, made to encircle the hub of thepawlholder at one end of the axle and to encircle the huh of thepawl-holder and combined interior gear at the other end. Fig. 17 is atop view ot' the drivers foot-rest and a part of the tongue,with whichit connects adjustably. Fig. 1S is a side elevation of the parts shownat Fig. 17, with a dotted line indicating the foot-rest as turned up atthe front.. Fig. 19 is a perspective of a part of the sickle, thesickleeye, and the swivel with which the sickle-eye block connects withthe sickle. Fig. 2O is an elevation of the inclosure containing thegearwheels operating the pitman crank -shaft, illustrated with that sideof the inclosure facing the drivers seat shown as turned to the front inthe figure. Fig. 2l shows the fastening for the cover of the inclosure.Fig. 22 is a perspective of a part of the shoe with the hingedlatch-cover shown as turned up on its hinged connection. Fig. 223 is aview of the same parts shown at Fig. 22 with the shoecover down and aslatched. Fig. 2st is a section taken on the line e' 2' of Fig. Fig. 25is a detached view of the lever, handle, the link, and a connectedpivoted lever by which the parts resting on the tracking-wheel andground-wheel in front of the shoe are raised or depressed. Fig. 2t' is aperspective of the connection' made by the outer end of the brace-rodwith the coupler-bar.

The several parts of the ino\ving-inacliine thus illustrated aredesignated by letter reference and the function of the parts isdescribed as follows:

'lhe letters \V designate the wheels; A, the

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axle; S', the axle-sleeve; T, the tongue; F, the under or tilting frame;C, the finger-bar; S2, the sickle.

The "letters R designate the ratchets, of which there is one arranged onthe inner face of each of the propelling-wheels. Each of these ratchetsis an interior ratchet and arranged on the inner edge face of aninclosure, as shown at Fig. 13, and they are arranged to face each otheras placed on the propellingwheels.

The letters II designate pawl-holders, and P pawls, each of which isarranged on a pivotshaft p' so as to turn in the circular recess fr',made in the pawl-holder plate p2, as shown at Figs. 14 and l5.

The letters S3 designate a spring arranged in the opposite side faces ofthe pawl-holder plate beneath each of the pawls, and which springsoperate to force outwardly the pawls l), so that they will engage withthe ratchetteeth when not operated by the pawl-shipper.

The letters @designate an arm arranged on the inner end of each of thepawl pivot-shafts, which arms d are operated to press inwardly the outerends of the pawls proper as the arms a are moved outwardly, and so thatthe pawls will not, when thus acted upon by the arms, engage with theteeth of the ratchets.

The letters K designate shippers which are arranged at each end of themain shaft so as to move on the hub of the pawl-holder at one end of theaxle and the hub of the pawl-holder and combined interior gear at theother end of the axle.

The letters @U2 designate wedges projected from the face of the shipperK which is adjacent to one of the pawl-holders, and o' passages made inthe adjacent pawl-holder in line transversely with said wedges on theshipper, so that when the latter are moved outwardly at each end of theaxle the said wedges will enter the passages o' and by their engagementwith the arms CL force outwardly the latter and inwardly the pawlsproper, awayfrom their engagement with the ratchets.

The letter R2 designates a ring encircling the shipper K within thegroove g', and this shipper at each of the opposite ends of the axle isoperated by a shipping-lever L', which is pivoted at p12 and connectedwith the rings R2 by oppositely-placed rods r2 r2, as shown at Fig. 1G.When the lever L' is pulled toward the drivers seat, then the shippersare moved outwardly and the wedges on the shipper-face engage with thepawl-arms d to disengage the pawls from the ratchets, and when lever L'is moved away from the d-rivers seat on its handle end then the shippersK are moved inwardly away from their engagement with the pawl-arms a andthe pawls proper, by the action of the springs S3, are caused to engagewith the ratehets.

The letter U4 designates a frame that is upwardly projected from theaxle sleeve, as shown at Figs. l, 3, and l2. This frame is made with twonotches e5 and n, and the letter nl designates a spring encircling thepivotbolt p12, as shown at Fig. l. The lever L' is passed upwardly andrearwardly through the frame U4 and as operated bythe spring vwill beforced into the notch t5 when the pawls and ratchets are in enga-gementand into the -notch U6 when the shipper has been operated to disengagethe pawls 'from the ratchets, and in either of which positions the leverL' is held in place thereby.

The letter I designates an interior gear that is cast integrally withthe adjacent pawlholder Il', and the letter d' designates a splinesecured to the axle and arranged to mesh into a groove g3, made in thecombined gear-wheel I and the combined pawl-holder, that are madeintegrally. The other pawl-holder Il, at the end of the axle opposite tothat made in connection with the gear I, is also made with a groove g3,and that part of the axle A adjacent thereto is also made with a splined', adapted to mesh into the groove g3 thereat.

The letter P4 designates a pinion arranged on the tube-form shaft S5,said pinion meshing into the gear I, so as to receive power therefrom atthe rear of its circumferential interior, and the said shaft S isarranged to turn on a stud or bar d4, secured exteriorly to the web w8by a nut n3, as shown at Figs. l0 and ll.

The letter G' designates a beveled geararranged on the inner end of theshaft S5 and that end which is opposite to that on which the pinion p4is placed.

The letter P6 designates a beveled pinion arranged on the pitmancrank-shaft S, as shown at Fig. ll, said pinion meshing into andreceiving power from the beveled gearwheel Gr'.

The letter N designates a tube arranged within the crankshaft sleeve S7,in which tube the pitman crank-shaft Si5 turns, the latter having endjournals which turn in bearings 1913 at the ends of said tube.

The letters au designate an encircling recess made in the interior ofthe crank-shaft sleeve between its ends, and the letters al* designatean encircling recess made in the tu- IOO IOS

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bular bearing N between its end bearings for the-pitman crank-shaft SG.bearing N is kept from turning with the pitman crank-shaft by means of aset-screw T', that is tapped into the crank-shaft sleeve, so as thatwhen screwed in it will engage with the tubular bearing N to hold thesame in place. This tube-form bearing N, constructed with end bearings,differs from a tubeform bearing in which the whole length of the tubeacts as a bearing and in which the least spring or vibration of theshaft renders the bearing inoperative. As I make and arrange it theparts are easily disconnected when it is desired to take the machineapart.

The letter J designates the wrist or crank pin arranged on the outertace of the crank disk-wheel NVS, which latter is on the outer end ofthe pitman crank-shaft S7 said disk- This tube-form wheel being securedto the outer end of the latter-by meansot a feather' or spline x4, madein said disk-wheel.

The letter T2 designates a set-screw arranged to pass through the hub ofthe diskwheel and to engage with said spline to keep the crankdisk-wheel in place, preventing said wheel from slipping along saidspline.

The letter P7 designates the pitman, which makes a crank engagement withthe outer face ot' the crank disk-wheel W3 by means of the wrist-pin J,as shown at Fig. ll.

rlhe letter e designates the sickle-eye into which the inturn end ot'the pitman is entered for connection. The sickle-eye e is formed `in thefront side of a block b4, that is pivoted to the outer end of a block b5by means of a swivel b, said block b5 being connected to the sickle atthe top thereof, as is shown at Fig. 19. The angular end of the pitmanis entered into the eye e' of the block h5 and is held therein foroperating the sickle by means of the edge e" of the shoe-cover 52, thelatter being hinged to the shoe at e* and with the cover of the shoewhen closed arranged by its adjacent edge to keep the pitman in place,and with the shoe-cover kept closed by an eyebolt .e7 on the shoe and aspring-bolt z5, arranged to pass through the eye e of said eyebolt el,the latter passing up through the shoe cover when turned down through anopening .22, as shown at Figs. 22 and 223.

The letter M designates the drivers sea-t, made with the supporting-bara2, secured in a socket as, the latter being east integrally with themain-axle sleeve A. The under or tilting frame F is composed of thecouplingbar B2 and brace B". Bar B2 is strapped onto thepitman-driving-shatt sleeve S7 at `'U5 at its outer end, so as to make ahinged connection therewith and therefrom ext-ended downwardly andlaterally on an incline. This bar B2, thus arranged, is combined withthe bracerod B4, which is secured to the downwardlyextended end ot' thecoupler-bar, as shown at Fig. 2G, and at its rear end is pivotallyconnected with the rear end of the web w8, as shown at Fig. 3.

The letter 7i; designates a knee formed on the lower end of thecoupler-bar B2, to which, by means of a pivot-bolt bl, the shoe V ispivoted, so as to have the front end of the latter and connected sickleand sickle-bar raised or depressed and by which the pitch of the shoeand cutting mechanism relatively to the elevation of the machine-tongueis regulated, as will be more fully detailed hereinafter.

The letter L2 designates a lever that at its upper end is made with ahandle, and at its lower end this lever is constructed with an eye a2,and which eye is inserted on over the head of the hinging-rod H2.Thislever L2 is constructed with a latch-bolt Z2, adapted to engage withnotches n2, formed in the outer face of the segment Z. This latch-boltis provided with a rod Zt, that is pivoted to said bolt and also to ahandle 71.2, which latter is pivoted to the handle end of the lever L2,so that when the handle 71,2 and handle of said lever are grasped andbrought together the latch -bolt is raised from out of that one of thenotches n2 of the segment l in which it is engaged against the Jforce ofa spiral spring Z8, encircling said latch-bolt between the ears e7 eS onthe lever L2, as shown at Fig. 7. The segment Z is connected to thehinged coupling-bar B2 of the frame F by means of an arm a4, as shown atFigs. 6 and 7, and the lever L2 is continued down through a slot S12,made in said segment and connected to the rear end ot' the hinging-rodH3 by means of the eye a8, formed on the lever end and in which eye thehinging-bolt H3 is adapted to turn. The letter 01,12 designates a nut onthe said hinging-rod H3 outside of the lower end of the lever L2. Thishinging-rod H2 is arranged in hinging-ears en e, having passages thereinfor the rod, and these ears are upwardly projected from the top of theshoe V. Between where passing through the ears e11 this hinging-rodHalso passes through an eye made in the bolt if', so that as thusconstructed the shoe can be turned so as to raise or depress its frontend on the bolt 127, passing loosely through the knee 7n, made in theend of the bar B2 and held therein by the nut 1113, as shown at Fig. 8,and the shoe V can be turned up on the hinging-rod H3, so as to raisethe sickle and finger-bar by means of the hinged connection that theshoe V makes with the said rod. NVith the lever L2 thus constructed andconnected when the handles of the latter are grasped to unlatchthe boltand the upper end of said lever L2 is drawn rearwardly the front end olthe shoe, the front edge ol' the sickle, and sickle-barare raised, andwhen the position of said lever is reversed the same parts are depressedat the front, with the lever adapted to be held in any measure of suchadjustment by the latch-bolt. As thus made and arranged the pitch of thesickle when cutting may be adapted to the height or standing of the teamwhich is to draw the machine and the measure of elevation their standheight gives to the elevation of the tongue of the machine.

The letter L2 designates a latch-lever that makes a connection with ashaft m', passing through a supporting-bearing m2, that is projectedupwardly from the main-axle sleeve,

said support on its rear being constructed with a segment having thereinlatch-bolt recesses 'm2, as shown at Figs. 3 and 5. This lever L3 isprovided with a latch-bolt m4, arranged on its side, so as to be overthe recesses or notches in the segment face of the support m2. Thislatch-bolt is provided with an encircling spring m5, against the forceof which it is raised from out of the recesses, and it is connected to arod mG with the latchhandle m7, that at m3 is pivoted to the handle endof the lever L3, so that when the latter and the latch-bolt are graspedby the hand the bolt is raised `trom out that one of the re- IOO IIO

cesses which is beneath it. Vhen the grasp is released, it descends intothe recesses beneath it.

The letter f designates a crank-arm t-hat is arranged upon and securedto the shaft m', on that end of the latter Where passing through itsbearing-support m2, which is opposite to that end of said shaft to whichthe lever L3 connects with it. This crank-arm is at its outer endpivotally connected to a link-bar f3, which latter makes a pivotaloonnection to the rear end of the bar f2, which latter from where thusconnecting with the link-bar is curved to extend frontwardly andhorizontally to be pivoted at f5 to the bar f G at the upper endthereof, the latter bar being connected to and upwardly projected fromthe coupler-bar B3, as shown at Figs. 5 and 24. The curved bar f2 Whereextended frontwardly and at its outer end at the front is constructedwith a downwardly-projected and forked stud f7, in which the groundwheelf8 turns on a pintle-shaft fg.

The letter A4 designates an arm projected at right angles from thecurved bar f2, back of its pivot f5, as shown atFigs. l, 5, and 7, andy" a chain connected with the outer end of said arm A4.

The letter y2 designates a rod or shaft that is arranged to turn withina recess ,7'3 in the rear and top of the shoe V, and therefrom extendedoutwardly to journal in clips C14 thereon and to also journal in theswathboard shoe v10 at m10.

The letter blo designates a swath-board, and the letter j4 designates acrank on the inner end of said rod or shaft j?, with which at its upperend the chain j connects.

The letter 3'5 designates a crank on the outer end of said rod or shaft7'2 where passing beyond the end of the cutter or iinger bar, saidcrankbeingarrangedtojournal in the swathboard shoe U10, and the letter jdesignates a tracking-wheel arranged to journal on said crank j whereoutside the swath board. As thus made the lever L3, by means of itsconnection with the crank-arm f and the connection the latter makes withthe shaft fm', the link-bar f3, and the pivoted bar f2, having theground-wheel stud on its outer end, together with the connection thechain j makes with the crank ,7'4 on the inner end of the rod orshaftj27 the cutter mechanism including the shoe V, to which it isconnected, may be raised by the ground-wheel and tracking-wheel of theswath-board acting as fulcrums, when the shoe and cutter mechanism areraised by said lever L2, and by which the measure of stubble length outby the sickle may be regulated to suit the condition of the ground overwhich the machine is passing.

The letter L4 designates anotherlever which is pivoted at 11/5 to an army, which latter is projected from the side of the tongue-sup port, asshown at Figs. l and 5.

The letter y2 designates a segment made with recesses, which isin partshown at Fig. 5 and in a rear view at Fig. 3.

The letter y designates a latch-bolt adapted to engage with the recessesin said segment y2. This latch-bolt is shown at Fig. 3 and as pivoted atits upper end to a link at ys. said turn-lever being pivoted to thelever L4 near its grasping end and having a latchn bolt handle g4, whichis adapted to be grasped in connection with the handle to raise the saidlatch-bolt from out of the recesses shown in the segment y2. The lowerend of this lever L4 is made with a curved arm U7, having a segmentalface that is grooved out to receive a chain ys, that is hooked onto saidarm at y, as shown at Fig. 5.

The letter ym designates a pivoted latch that at y pivotally-connectswith an ear formed on the bar f6, as shown at Figs. 6 and 8, and thislatch being also shown at Fig. 2. The upper end of this latch Az/10 isconnected with the lower end of the chain yg, as shown at Figs. 2 and 5.

The letter H4 designates a horn-form projection arranged on the innerside and rear end of the shoe V, as shown at Fig. 7. The top of thishorn-form projection is made flat, as indicated at h4 of Fig. 7. Thefunction of this lever L4 is to raise up from off the ground bodily theshoe V, the cutting mechanism, and its operation in so doing is asfollows: When the lever L4 is moved rearwardly on its pivot the chaincauses the latch if@ to engage with the top of the horn-form projection,and as the operation of the lever continues the whole cutting mechanismand shoe are raised up in ahorizontalposition, the horn-form proj ectionkeeping the parts so raised in a line parallel with the ground andwithout being on an incline from the machine downwardly andoutwardly,with the tilting frame,to which the parts connect, turning onits hinged connection made with the main-axle sleeve. This function ofthe lever L4 and its connections enables the operator of the machine toraise up the cutting mechanism when compelled to pass over cut grass, orsuch other purposes as such a position of the parts is rendereddesirable.

The letters F2 F2 designate the foot rests or supports, each of which isprovided with a tubular bearing q, and the letter qsa plate providedwith trunnions on which the foot-rests, by means of their bearings,turn, and each of these foot-rests are held in place on the trunnions bya nut Q4. the bolt-passages QG, through which a bolt secured to the topof the tongue may be passed, and this bolt is designated by the letterql, and the function of this bolt on the tongue and plate g3, made withthe holes Q6, is to adjust the foot-rests to the length of the driverslegs and so that the seat may be conveniently used by a tall or shortoperator.

The letter R8 designates recesses cast in the axle-sleeve at each endthereof for the passage of the splines upon the axle when the This plateqgis made with IOC TOE

latter is being drawn out of the sleeve on taking the machine apart.These recesses are shown at Figs. lO and l2.

The letter FF designates an in closure formed by the interior edge andone side of the interior gear-wheel I and the vertically-arranged sidecovers CS C9. These latter are pivoted at their front ends to the mainframe extension, on which connections they may swing up or downedgewise, and they are each upon their inner contact-ed ges recessed forthe passage of the interior gear-hub and shipper-rod at O4 and also forthe passage of the tubular shaft, on which is arranged t-he pinionoperated by the interior gear.

The letter hu designates an L-form support for the rear ends of theseside cover parts and this support is attached to the rear end of the webaus. This support is constructed with a screw T5, made to screw into thevertical side of said support, so that the pointed end of the cover partC, resting on the horizontal part of the support beneath the screw-bolt,and the side cover part Cs is adapted at its pointed adjacent end torest on top of said screw-bolt after it has been screwed in, as shown atFig. 2l. These side cover parts prevent the entrance of grass and othersubstances into the area of the interior gear and the pinion that itoperates to interfere with their work. The connection of thesevertically-arranged side cover parts to the machine is shown at Fig. 3,and the said cover parts are shown as detached at Fig. 2O with the rearend support for the cover parts shown as detached from the machine atFig. 2l.

The letter e4 designates the inclosure containing the beveled gear-wheelG', arranged on the same shaft as the pinion P4, and which beveledgear-wheel where within said inclosure communicates power to the beveledpinion PU, and the web `w3 connects this inclosu re to and with theaxle-sleeve made integrally with said inclosure and web. This inclosureis provided with a top cover D3, and upon its side next adjacent to theinterior gear-wheel I this inelosure where extending beyond the latteris closed by the vertical cover parts CS and C9, as shown at Figs. 3 and10.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Vhen the machine is started,the propellingwheels turn with the axle, and when the pawlshipper K, bymeans of the lever L', is operated to move inwardly, so as to releasethe arms which hold the pawls away from their engagement with theratehets, the pawls are actuated to engage with the ratehets bythesprings S3, which will cause the main axle to turn with thepropelling-wheels and that one of the pawl-holders cast integrally withthe interior gear I actuates the latter and the pinion PL of the shaftS5, also the beveled gear G', which latter meshes into the beveledpinion PG on the rear end of the pitman crankshaft to operate thelatter, and the crank disk-wheel on said shaft S6 and the pitman P7 tooperate the sickle in the manner before described. Vhen in operating themachine it becomes necessary to change the pitch of the cuttingmechanism relatively to the ground over which the machine is passing,which is caused to vary by the standin g height of the team and theelevation which the latter gives to the tongue, the lever L2 is operatedto raise or depress the front end of the shoe and connected sickle tomeet these varying conditions of use. Vhen it is desired to raise up theshoe and the cutting mechanism or to lower the latter to adapt it to thecharacter of the ground over which the machine is passing to regulatethe length of stubble cut, the lever L3 is used in the manner beforedescribed. Then it is desirable to raise up bodily the shoe and cuttingmechanism froln off the ground, then the lever L4 is used, as beforedescribed.

I am aware that the shoe of a mowing-machine with which the cuttingmechanism is connected has been constructed with a heel part that wasextended laterally from the shoe, and that a pivoted lever arrangedparallel to the coupler-bar was operated by a lever arranged on thelatter to raise up the outer end of the sickle and finger-bar with theshoe with which they connect resting on the ground.

I am also aware that an interior gear has been used iu connection with amowing-machine driving-wheel, and which gear operating a shaft havingthereon a beveled gearwheel that meshed into a beveled pinion on thepitman crank-shaft to actuate the latter, with the geared connection andinclosure so located and arranged in front of the main axle, and whichas thus placed threw all the weight of these parts upon the tongue.

I am aware of the Letters Patent to Matthew Garvin and Villiam J.Clokey, in which the finger-bar is bolted to a shoe, which latter isjournaled to a shank on the end of a lever with the end of the shankpassing through the eye of an eyebolt arranged to journal in a push-bar.This construction diifers from mine in the fact that in the device shownherein the finger-bar is hinged to the shoe by means of ears upwardlyprojected therefrom by means of a hinging-rod, the latter passingthrough said ears and the eye of an intermediately-placed eyebolt andthe latter pivoting in the downturned knee end of the coupler-bar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with the lever L3, attached at its lowerend to ashaft havin gabearing in which to turn, of a crank connected to saidshaft; a link connecting with said crank; a bar f2, pivoted to said linkand extended frontwardly to connect pivotally with the ground-wheelstud, and intermediately pivoted to a bar f6, that is upwardly projectedfrom the coupler-bar; a shaft or rod adapted to turn in a recess in therear of the shoe and IOO IIO

finger-bar, said shaftor rod at its outer endprovidedwithacrankhavingatracking-wheel thereon and having a bearing inthe swathboard shoe and at its inner end provided with a crank-armconnected by a chain with the bar f2, back of where it is pivotedbetween its ends substantially in the manner as and for the purposes setforth.

2. The combination with the latch-lever L3, made substantially asdescribed, of the shaft m', having a bearing or support m2, the crankarmf, provided with a link f3; the curved bar f2, connecting with said linkand extending frontwardly to connect with the groundwheel stud in whichsaid wheel turns, and pivoted at f5, to the bar f6, upwardly projectedfrom the bar B3, a rod or shaft arranged in a recess in the shoe V; acrank j on the outer end of said rod or shaft provided with atracking-wheel js, a crank jf, on the inner end of said rod or shaftinaking a connection with said bar f 2, and the cran kjl, substantiallyin the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination with the interior gear I, of the vertically-arrangedcover parts C8, and C9, which are hinged at their front to thecrank-shaft sleeve, and are constructed with recesses for the passage ofthe axle-sleeve, and the upper cover part C8, having a passage for thepawl-shipper rod, and adapted to be secured at their rear ends; withsaid covers arranged to open or close upon its inner side the areainclosed by said interior gear I, substantially in the manner as and forthe purposes set forth.

4. The combination with the axle-sleeve S", of the inclosure e4, i'nadeintegrally with said axle-sleeve, and connected by the web w8, at therear of the said axle-sleeve, and having a top cover D2, and thevertically-arranged side cover parts C8, C, arranged to open or closethat side of said inclosure next adjacent to the interior gear I,substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination of the coupler-bar B3 hinged to the pitmancrank-shaft sleeve of the shoe V, pivotally connected lto the downturnedend of the coupler-bar, in combination with the shaft j? having a crankon its inner end and a crank on its outer end having its bearings in theshoeV and the swathboard shoe and provided with a trackingwheel arrangedonits crank at the outer end of said rod or shaft and the ground-wheelf8 having its stud f7 pivoted to a bar f2, pivoted to a bar upcastL fromthe coupler-bar constructed and arranged to be operated substantially inthe manner as and for the purposes set forth.

6. The combination with the latch-lever L3, f

attached at its lower end to a shaft having a bearing in which to turn',of a crank-arm connected to said shaft, a link connecting with saidcrank-arm, a bar pivoted to said link and extended frontwardly toconnect with the stud in which the ground-wheel turns, said bar beingpivoted intermediate its length to the coupling-bar, a shaft or rodadapted to be turned in a recess at the rear end of the shoe V, saidshaft or rod at its outer end being provided with a bearing and a crankhaving a tracking-wheel thereon and at its inner end constructed with acrank and a chain connecting said bar with the crank on the inner end ofthe shaft or rod, substantially in the manner as and for the purposesset forth.

7. The combination with the latch-lever L3, made substantially asdescribed; of the shaft M', havin g a bearing or support m2; thecrankarm f4, provided with a link f3; the curved bar f2, connecting withsaid link and extended frontwardly to connect with the forked stud f7,in which the ground-wheel turns, and pivoted to a support at f5, on thebar B3; a rod or shaft j, arranged in a recess in the shoe V; a crankjs, on the outer end of said rod or shaft, provided with atracking-wheel jG; a crank j4, on the inner end of the said rod orshaft, and the chain j', making a connection with the said bar f2, andthecrank v7'4, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. The combination with the inclosure E5, arranged to contain theinterior pinion P4, and shipper-ring of the cover part C8, hin ged tothe front end and adapted to be raised up edgewise; the cover part C9,also hinged at the front end and adapted to swing edgewise downwardly,and the set-screw T5, constructed and arranged to be operatedsubstantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 16th day of November, 1889, and in thepresence of the two witnesses whose names are hereto written.

JAMES PINE.

Witnesses A CHARLES S. BRINTNALL, XV. E. HAGAN.

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